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The EU is ready to stop gas transit from Russia through Ukraine’s gas transmission system after the current contract expires in December, – European Commissioner Simson says. As reported by Interfax, European Commissioner for Energy Kadri Simson stated that the European Union is fully prepared to stop the transit of Russian gas through Ukraine’s gas transmission system after the current contract […]
The missing piece of the puzzle on how the Kremlin uses gas weapons to break Germany’s support for Ukraine by Michael Gonchar. It seems that the Germans are beginning to see the motives behind Russia’s sabotage of Putin’s streams on September 26, 2022. A number of publications were published in the German media (see link 1, link 2, link3). In […]
Ukrainian oligarch Dmytro Firtash and top managers of his companies have been served with notices of suspicion – the Economic Security Bureau and the Security Service of Ukraine and the Security Service of Ukraine. On May 15, the Economic Security Bureau and the Security Service of Ukraine reported about the uncovering of “a large-scale scheme of stealing gas from Ukraine’s gas transmission […]
Ukraine reduced natural gas reserves in its underground storage facilities by 18.5%, or 15.24 million cubic meters from October 2 to December 12, 2021. This is evidenced by the data of the gas storage operator JSC “Ukrtransgaz.” According to Ukrtransgaz, the volume of gas in Ukraine’s underground storage facilities decreased by 687.2 million cubic meters in October (average daily gas offtake – […]
The transit of Russian gas through Ukraine may stop this winter, but this will not lead to critical problems in the operation of the Ukrainian gas transmission system. Serhiy Makohon, Head of the GTS Operator of Ukraine, said this in an interview with BusinessCensor. “This is a political issue, not an economic one. We see that in recent months the pressure […]
On November 25, 2015, Gazprom last cut off gas supplies to Ukraine. Since then, Ukraine has stopped buying natural gas from an unreliable supplier and a hostile neighbor. Special project ePravda prepared deep analysis on why Ukraine refuses from Russian gas and why the Nord Stream-2 is rather geopolitical weapon than economical project. Why Ukraine didn’t buy gas from Russia for […]
The Cabinet of the Ministers of Ukraine approved the increase in gas and electricity prices for the population, polygraf reports. On July 11, the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine approved the Forecast of Economic and Social Development for 2019-2021. Head of the Ministry of Economic Development Stepan Kubiv said that in 2019 GDP growth will remain at the level of […]
The Foreign Ministry of Ukraine announced a possible escalation of the conflict with Russia after the launch of the Nord Stream-2. An alternative way of supplying Russian gas to Europe can lead to an intensification of the conflict between Ukraine and Russia after the completion of the Nord Stream-2 construction. This was stated by Deputy Foreign Minister for European Integration […]
Ukraine would move from old Soviet standards for measuring gas to new ones, adopted in the EU, UkrTransGas reports.
In Europe, the merger of energy markets has been completed, which allowed to reduced electricity prices, and, accordingly, low tariffs for electricity and heat.